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1947–
Alvia J. Wardlaw (born November 5, 1947) is an American art scholar, and one of the country's top experts on African-American art. She is curator and director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University, an institution central to the development…
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Alvin Aaron Coffey Sr. (1822–1902) was an American pioneer, homesteader, miner, and farmer in California; who was formerly enslaved. He is the only Black member of the California Society of Pioneers.
1931–1989
Ailey blended ballet, jazz and African American cultural traditions into works, most famously Revelations, still performed worldwide.
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Jack Mitchell Photographs” (Books).
1968
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey and Judith Jamison” (Prints).
1987
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA print of Alvin Ailey and Romare Bearden with their arms around each other. Ailey, at left, wears a jacket and stands with his right shoulder towards the camera. Bearden, right, wears a jacket and tie with a pin on the lapel. At bottom center, under the…
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey Choreographing with Marilyn Banks, Dudley Williams, & Gary DeLoatch” (Prints).
1993
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey Company” (Prints).
1988
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey & Lula Cooper” (Prints).
1974
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGA film with the title Alvin Ailey: Memories and Visions. It consists of two (2) reels of color 16mm polyester film. The film features dance recitals choreographed by Alvin Ailey complimented by voiceover narration by Ailey himself. The performances…
1979
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey” (Prints).
1964
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey rehearses Joan Peters in "Blues Suite"” (Prints).
1978
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey surrounded by the Company” (Prints).
1971
FROM THE SOURCE CATALOGCataloged as “Alvin Ailey with Eric Bruhn & Natalia Makarova, "The River"” (Prints).
1948–2004
Alvin Baltrop (December 11, 1948 – February 1, 2004) was an American photographer. Baltrop's work focused on the dilapidated Hudson River piers and gay men during the 1970s and 1980s prior to the AIDS crisis.
1932–2007
Alvin Batiste Sr. (November 7, 1932 – May 6, 2007) was an American avant-garde jazz clarinetist, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. He taught at his own jazz institute at Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
1953–
Clarence Alvin Bowman (born 1953) is an American academic and former President of Illinois State University (ISU). He was trained in, and still teaches upper-level classes in, speech pathology.
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Alvin Leonard Bragg Jr. (born October 21, 1973) is an American politician and lawyer who serves as the New York County District Attorney, covering Manhattan. In 2021, he became the first African American elected to that office.
1969–
Alvin Brown (born September 1, 1969, in Kansas City, Missouri) is a professional American boxer in the Light Welterweight division and is the former North American Boxing Association (NABA) Featherweight champion.
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Alvin Childress (September 15, 1907 – April 19, 1986) was an American actor, who is best known for playing the cabdriver Amos Jones in the 1950s television comedy series Amos 'n' Andy.
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Alvin Curling (born November 15, 1939) is a Jamaican-born Canadian politician. He was Canada's envoy to the Dominican Republic from 2005 to 2006. A former politician in Ontario, Canada, he was Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario until he…
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Alvin D. Loving Jr. (September 19, 1935 – June 21, 2005), better known as Al Loving, was an African-American abstract expressionist painter. His work is known for hard-edge abstraction, dyed fabric paintings, and large paper collages, all exploring…
1948–
Alvin A. Darling (born December 23, 1948) is an American gospel musician. Five of his albums charted on the Billboard Gospel Albums chart, and two on the Heatseekers Albums chart. He has also been nominated at the GMA Dove Awards and the Stellar Awards.
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Alvin Glenn Davis (born September 9, 1960), nicknamed "Mr. Mariner", is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and designated hitter.
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